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schools of magic, we need to look outside of the RPG genre into other
genres that sometimessimulate magic, like survival horror, rst-person
shooters, strategy games, and action-adventure games. Game genre shapes
game world, which dictates the aordances and limitations of spellcasting,
i.e. what is possible in magic and what is useful.
4.2 THE SCHOOLS OF MAGIC
Magic is traditionally divided up into schools of magic, which represent
various aspects of reality over which the magician has control. For exam-
ple, Dungeons & Dragons featured a classic set of eight schools: alteration,
illusion, enchantment, divinat ...